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The Nexus 5 may have just passed through the FCC

The inside rear plate of the LG-D820 is shown here, a device believed to be the Nexus 5

First a sighting in the wild, now a run through the FCC? A device, which could very well be the new Nexus phone, has passed through the FCC system. In examining the documents, the folks at Engadget have come up with a few interesting details, some of which cannot be currently verified. Here’s the quick rundown of what’s been spotted so far:

The pics of the Qi charging/NFC antennae also show the alignment of the camera cutout on the back panel, which is “an identical prototype” according to filings. Engadget is confident this is an LG device, and the LG-D820 model number the device had in FCC filings would lend itself to that. LG officials also filed the confidentiality request and agent authorization, pretty much sealing the deal.

Unfortunately, the FCC filings give a whole lot of detail about testing, but the filing we saw didn’t have Android 4.4 (called ‘KyeLimePie’) noted. A few pics have surfaced of that info (below), also reflecting “aosp_hammerhead”, which keeps pace with the Nexus fish software build history. The FCC filing we saw had been updated today, probably to specifically remove the Android 4.4 info.

In so many ways, this looks to be the Nexus 5. World class specs, a match to a device in a video Google quickly pulled from the internet, and Android KitKat. We’ll be sure to keep an eye on this as it develops.